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- Title
Advanced parental age at birth is associated with poorer social functioning in adolescent males: shedding light on a core symptom of schizophrenia and autism.
- Authors
Weiser, Mark; Reichenberg, Abraham; Werbeloff, Nomi; Kleinhaus, Karine; Lubin, Gad; Shmushkevitch, Moti; Caspi, Asaf; Malaspina, Dolores; Davidson, Michael
- Abstract
Evidence indicates an association between older parents at birth and increased risk for schizophrenia and autism. Patients with schizophrenia and autism and their first-degree relatives have impaired social functioning; hence, impaired social functioning is probably an intermediate phenotype of the illness. This study tested the hypothesis that advanced father's age at birth would be associated with poorer social functioning in the general population. To test this hypothesis, we examined the association between parental age at birth and the social functioning of their adolescent male offspring in a population-based study.
- Publication
Schizophrenia bulletin, 2008, Vol 34, Issue 6, p1042
- ISSN
0586-7614
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/schbul/sbn109